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Page 80 Besides this picture now in the Imperial Museum, which, after an absence of six
years, was brought back to Vienna in 1 8 1 5 , there is yet another work of the
master, — the most celebrated representation of this subject, — which adorns the
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Page 85 Maria de Medici, widow of Henry IV. of France, had returned to Paris after her
reconciliation with her son Louis XIII. After taking up her residence in the new
Luxembourg Palace, she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings
descriptive of ...

Page 90 ... which fully illustrates the power of Rubens, justly styled "the artist-prince of his
time". Maria de Medici was so charmed with these works that, as soon as he had
completed them, she commissioned him to execute four more paintings, to adorn
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Page 106 Her eyes are as bright as in the pictures painted of her in early youth, whilst a
pleasant smile seems ever ready on her lips. In the background we may notice a
piece of architecture, with which the master had adorned his garden (Fig. 91).

Page 114 ... displays a master hand (Fig. 96). The King gave many other commissions to
the artist , amongst which was the large and idealized equestrian portrait of Philip
II. , — who had died thirty years before, — which shill adorns the Prado Museum.